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Lord Lucas: ...say, "What industry?". Solar costs about 25p per kilowatt hour and the sun does not shine very much in this country, so it seems a basket case when looking at alternative technologies. DECC's levelised cost estimates for solar say that, while in 2007 its estimate was that solar would cost 51p per kilowatt hour in 2015, in 2011 it is estimating that the cost in 2015 will be 23p. The cost of...
Lord Marland: ...used to provide a value for money (VFM) assessment on offshore wind nor other technologies, and the department has not carried out such a VFM assessment. The most recent independent projections on levelised generation costs are contained in a 2011 report Review of the generation costs and deployment potential of renewable electricity technologies in the UK, produced by Arup, and recently...
Charles Hendry: ...2010), UK Electricity Generation Costs Update, can be found at: http://www.decc.gov.uk/assets/decc/Statistics/Projections/71 -uk-electricity-generation-costs-update-.pdf Levelised costs £/MWh Onshore wind >5 MW 90.2 Onshore wind
Gregory Barker: ...Macdonald, 2011) Current 2,600-2,850 n/a ~10 2020 1,226-1,268 n/a n/a n/a = Not available (1) Indicates brace (b) The following table is taken from Mott Macdonald (2010) and gives levelised cost estimates (average generation cost per megawatt-hour) for new build plants in the main large-scale electricity generation technologies in the UK, including both fossil fuel and...
Gregory Barker: This information is not yet available in the form requested. However, Ofgem has published data from the quarterly levelisation process which shows a total of £6,206,235 paid for all technologies up to 31 December 2010. Levelisation data can be viewed at: www.ofgem.gov.uk/Sustainability/Environment/fits/Levelisatio n/Pages/Levelisation.aspx Levelisation data for 1 January to 31 March 2011...
Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate his Department has made of the levelised cost of each electricity generating technology; and what modelling assumptions were made in reaching this figure.
Gregory Barker: ...Conditions of Electricity Supply Licences states that a FITs Supplier must "make FIT payments no less than quarterly, except insofar as otherwise agreed in the Statement of FITs Terms." However the levelisation process is undertaken by Ofgem on a quarterly basis. Ofgem is currently reviewing responses to a recently concluded consultation on guidance for suppliers which included a question...
Gregory Barker: Ofgem does not make feed-in tariffs (FITs) payments; this obligation is on the electricity suppliers. In deciding on the frequency with which levelisation is carried out, a balance has to be struck between the cost of administering the scheme and the benefits of a frequent levelisation process.
Gregory Barker: ..., by Mott MacDonald. DECC is currently undertaking an update of these cost estimates which will include the same level of detail. The following table is taken from Mott MacDonald (2010) and gives levelised cost estimates (average generation cost per megawatt-hour) for new build plants in the main large-scale electricity generation technologies in the UK, including both fossil fuel and low...
Charles Hendry: The table is taken from Mott MacDonald (2010) and gives levelised cost estimates (average generation cost per megawatt-hour) for new build coal and biomass plants. The Mott MacDonald report gives the cost estimates for the main large-scale electricity generation technologies in the UK, including both fossil fuel and low carbon plant, at current engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)...
Lord Marland: The table below is taken from Mott Macdonald (2010) and gives levelised cost estimates (average generation cost per megawatt-hour) for new build plants in the main large-scale electricity generation technologies in the UK, including both fossil fuel and low carbon plant, at current engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract prices. It should be noted that for the purposes of...
Gregory Barker: This information is not currently available in the form requested. However, Ofgem has published data from the quarterly levelisation process which show a total of £2,686,712.55 paid for all technologies up to 30 September 2010. Levelisation data can be viewed at: www.ofgem.gov.uk/Sustainability/Environment/fits/Levelisatio n/Pages/Levelisation.aspx Levelisation data for 1 October to 31...
Charles Hendry: ...a result of these policies in 2020 is estimated to be: GWh Low High Electricity -1596.572058 -2416.833186 Gas -16756.07948 -25286.44071 Fuel oil -751.383933 -1134.51274 Levelised cost estimates from Mott Macdonald (2010) that give average generation cost per megawatt-hour for new build plants, in the main large-scale electricity generation technologies, in the...
Gregory Barker: This information is not currently available in the form requested. However, Ofgem have published data from the quarterly levelisation process which shows a total of £2,686,712.55 paid for all technologies up to 30 September 2010. Levelisation data can be viewed at: http://www.ofgem.gov.uk/Sustainability/Environment/fits/Leve lisation/Pages/Levelisation.aspx Levelisation data for 1 October...
Charles Hendry: This information is not available within the Department until the end of year FITs Report is received from Ofgem. However, Ofgem have published data from the quarterly levelisation process up to 30 September 2010 which can be viewed at: http://www.ofgem.gov.uk/Sustainability/Environment/fits/Leve lisation/Pages/Levelisation.aspx
Charles Hendry: ...and emerging renewable energy technology. We are aware of one in the world-in Norway-so cost estimates are highly uncertain. A recent study on behalf of the Offshore Valuation Group(1) indicates a levelised cost in the range of £120 to £201/MWh for floating offshore wind turbines in 2015. By 2045, it predicts that costs will reduce to £66 to £116/MWh. For fixed offshore wind, the same...
Gregory Barker: The following table is taken from Mott Macdonald (2010) and gives levelised cost estimates (average generation cost per megawatt-hour) for new build plants in the main large-scale electricity generation technologies in the UK, including both fossil fuel and low carbon plant, at current engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract prices. It should be noted that for the purposes of...
Charles Hendry: The following table is taken from Mott Macdonald (2010) and gives levelised cost estimates (average generation cost per megawatt-hour) for new build plants in the main large-scale electricity generation technologies in the UK, including onshore wind, offshore wind and nuclear, at current engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract prices. Table 1: Mott Macdonald (2010)...
Charles Hendry: The following tables are taken from Mott Macdonald (2010) and give levelised cost estimates (average generation cost per megawatt-hour) for new build plants in the main large-scale electricity generation technologies in the UK, including onshore wind, offshore wind and nuclear, at current engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract prices. Where technologies are emerging, costs...
Charles Hendry: ...nuclear). No assessment was made of the potential cost of Severn tidal power to the public purse, as the study did not propose a funding or delivery mechanism. The feasibility study also calculated levelised generation costs for five potential Severn power schemes. These can be compared to recent estimates of levelised costs for onshore wind to give an indication of the relative cost of...